With a mission to showcase the region globally

Slush – the window to the Nordic startup ecosystem

Slush is the largest startup and tech event in Northern Europe and has often been viewed as the window to the Nordic startup ecosystem.

The Nordic tech ecosystem has never been more intriguing than it is today. People around the world are turning their eyes to the North for the next disruptive technologies and world-conquering founders and no wonder why. In Creandum’s Nordic Tech Exit Report from 2016, it stated that the Nordics are currently producing the most billion-dollar companies per capita after Silicon Valley. Since 2005, 9 percent of all global billion dollar exits have come from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.

#NordicMade × Slush

In 2016, Slush hosted over 20 Nordic events around the world. Nordic Showcases and various #NordicMade events took place in cities including New York, Tokyo, Singapore, San Francisco, Shanghai, Copenhagen and Helsinki.

Slush have together with a dozen other stakeholders brought #NordicMade delegations, including 100 founders, ecosystem leaders, investors, executives, and journalists to its global Slush events and New York. The purpose of the trips has been to showcase the Nordic region, visiting leading enterprises, meeting local investors and VC’s and to explore the local markets.

Slush is determined to strengthen the cohesion between the Nordic startup communities in order to build traction in the Nordics globally. Through showcasing the Nordics around the world, we create traction for the Nordic region to position itself as a frontrunner in tech.